Half to johf fitzallen ellis



(No Model.)

' T. FREEMAN.

' COMBINED BACKING, PLOWING, AND GIL'DING PRESS. No. 328,318. Patented11113128, 1885.

UNITE STATES- New @FHQE.

THOMAS FREEMAN, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR' OF ONE- HALF TOJOHN FITZALLEN ELLIS, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED BACKlNG, PLOWiNG, AND GlLDiNG PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,813, dated July 28,1885 Application filed September 22, 1884. (No model.) Patented inCanada September 24, 1884, No. 20,258.

To all whom it may concern.-

- Be it known that I, THOMAS FREEMAN, of the city of Toronto, in thecounty of York, in the Province of Ontario, Oanada,book-binder, haveinvented a certain new and useful Oombiued Backing, Plowing, and GildingPress; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same.

This invention relates to combined backing,

plowing, and gilding presses; and the novelty consists in the peculiarcombinations and the construction and arrangement of parts, hereinaftermore fully described, and then specifically pointed out by the claims.

Figure l is aperspective view of the machine it appears when employedfor holding the book for backing. Fig. 2 is a similar view of Themachine when employed for holding the book for plowing. Fig. 3represents the machine when employed for holding the books for gilding.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

A represents a rectangular frame suitably journaled in the standards B,which are designed. to rest upon the floor, and are made the properheight for the convenience of the operator.

0 is a pin inserted through the journal at each end of the frame A, sothat the said frame shall be held in a horizontal position as long asthe pins remain inserted; but by the removal of the pins the said framemay be turned within the journal when it is required to be so moved.

D is a cross-head carried in suitable guides formed on the side piecesof the frame A. This cross-head D is attached to and operated by thescrew E, which passes through a nut formed in the end of the frame A,and is provided with a suitable wheel or handle, F.

G is a table screwed on top of the frame A, and forming aresistance-plate, between which and the cross-head D the article to bepressed may be placed.

When the machine is to be employed for holding the book during theprocess of backing, I place cheek-blocks H in the position shown in Fig.1, one block being fixed to the edge of the table G, while the otherblock is similarly attached to the cross-head D.

Then the machine is to be employed for plowing, the cheek-blocks Hareremoved and the guidebars I placed in the position shown in Fig. 2, thesaid guide-bars I being intended for the purpose of holding the plow inpositi on during the period that it is employed in finishing the edge ofthe book, J, shown in this figure.

In addition to the table G, which is detachably fixed in the positionshown, I employ a similar table, K, attached to the cross-head D. Boththese tables are removed when the machine is to be employed for holdingthe books J when it is desired to gild their edges. The ends of theframe A have guide pieces formed on them to receive and hold a board, L,made any desired width, and designed to support the books during theperiod that they are being arranged between the cross-head D andthe endof the frame A.

\Vhen the machine is to be employed as a gilding-press, as shown in Fig.3, the tables G and K are, as before stated, removed and the pins Gwithdrawn, when the frame A may be turned in its journal, so as to bringthe board L, which has been inserted, in position at the bottom of theframe A, in order that the books, J, to be gilded may be arranged evenlyon the said board, after which they are gripped securely by thecross-head D, and the books easily got at by turning the frame A on itsjournal, so that by this invention not only is a convenient apparatusproduced for plowing and backing, 'but the frame may be readily reversedto insert the books, and then again reversed to gild their edges.

I am aware of the Patent No. 242,972, and make no claim to theconstruction shown therein as forming part of my invention.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. A rectangular frame, A, providedwith a detachable table, G, having one of the cheekblocks H fixed to itsinner edge, in combination with the cross-head D, also having acheek-block, H, fixed to it and operated by the screw E, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

2. A rectangular frame, A, provided with a detachable table, G, havingholes to receive guide-bars, and having a cheek-blook, H, de tachablyfixed to its inner edge, in combination with the erosshead, alsocarrying a cheekblock, H, and the screw E, for operating saidcross-head, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a device for the purposes described, the combination, with thestandards B, having bearings on substantially the same horizontal plane,of the rectangular frame A, journal ed in said standards, the adjustablecross-head D,

10 carried in said frame, and the screw E, passing through one of saidstandards and through a nut formed in the end of the frame and 0peratingon said cross'head, substantially as and for the purpose specified.Toronto, August 28, 1884.

THOS. FREEMAN.

In presence of CHARLES C. BALDWIN, J AS. E. Mimi-inn.

